JPS6170841A - Telephone automatic response recording device with ease of operation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operating function of an automatic answering telephone set by executing every basic operation including two operations such as high speed fast feed erasure and high speed rewinding erasure with three buttons. CONSTITUTION:A button t-1 to operate a response tape and a button t-2 to operate a recording tape are provided to right/left of an operation button AUTO. When the button AUTO and the button t-1 are depressed once at the same time, the response tape is in the recording state and when they are depressed twice consecutively, the tape is in the rewinding erasure, and when they are depressed three times consecutively, the tape is in the fast feed erasure. While the button AUTO is depressed or detached after depression, when the button t-2 is depressed once, the recording tape is in the recording state, and when the button t-2 is depressed successively, the tape is in the rewinding erasure and when the button t-2 is depressed three times consecutively, the tape is in the fast feed erasure. When the button t-1 or t-2 is depressed once, the system is stopped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention This application is filed under Japanese Patent Application No. 59-0869 filed by the same applicant.
This is related to the improvement of 94. Said patent application 1987-08
No. 6994 proposed the basic structure and basic operation method of an answering machine in which all operations could be performed using three buttons. In addition to this, the present invention adds two functions: high-speed fast-forward erasing and high-speed reverse erasing. The structure and operation of embodiments of the present invention will be explained below.

In Figure 1, 1 is a response tape T-1 (not shown)
(t-IL2 is the operation button (AUTO) for setting the device to the automatic response recording operation position, and 3 is the operation button (t-IL) for operating the receiving tape T-2 (not shown).
2). In addition, the above three operation buttons are connected to the microprocessor via buffers G-1, G-2, and G-3.
It is connected to the data path DBOlDB1 and DBP of the CPU (8048 is used in the embodiment), and is also connected to the interrupt terminal INT of the CPU via the NOR gate G-4. Therefore, the details will be explained later, but the above 3.
When one or both operation buttons are pressed, an interrupt is generated via the terminal INT, the terminal DB
This will be determined by the program in the CPU via O, DBI, and DBP. In addition, buffers G-6 to G-12 are connected to output ports P20 to P26 of the CPU.
The components connected via the above are a solenoid coil and a motor for controlling the response tape T-1 and the reception tape T-2, and a closing relay Y-1. Further, the light emitting diode 10 connected to the output capo (PIO) lights up when the operation button 2 (AUTO) is pressed. Also, a light emitting diode II (R
EADY) lights up when the cue of the response tape is completed after the operation button 2 (AUTO) is pressed.
Displays that the device is in standby mode. Although not shown in this figure yet, light emitting diodes for displaying the recording, playback, rewinding, and fast forwarding states of the response tape T-1 and reception tape T-2 are connected to the DBO of the data bus.
~DB7 (partially not shown). In addition, RPH-1 and EH-1 are the above response tape T-1.
RPH-2 and EH-2 are the recording/reproducing head and erasing head for the receiving tape. The above head is connected to a switching circuit 7, which is composed of an analog circuit and a relay, and when terminal 1/2 is at H level ("1"), the head for response tape T-1 is selected. , when the terminal 1/2 is at the L level ("O"), the receiving tape head is selected, and when the terminal R/P is at the H level.
At the level, the head selected as described above is in the recording state, and when the terminal R/P is at the L level, the head is in the playback state.

Further, 8 is a preamplifier, 9 is a main amplifier, and SP is a speaker. Further, G-13, G-14, and G-15 are analog switches, and when the control terminal C is at H level, the terminals G%6 are electrically connected. Further, MIC is a microphone, and when this microphone is unplugged from the plug (not shown), the microphone switches MIC and SW are switched to the lower side, and the data bus terminal DB3 becomes H level. In this state (details will be described later), if you press operation switches 2 and 3 at the same time, you can record mutual conversations via telephone lines L1 and L2, and if you insert the microphone MIC, you can record with the microphone. It is now possible to do so. Further, 4 is a ringing circuit for detecting a telephone message signal, and 5 is the answering tape T-
1 is a starting point detection circuit, 6 is a starting point detection circuit for the receiving tape, and is connected to the terminal TE of the CPU via an OR gate G-5.
Connected to ST l.

Next, specific operations will be described together with the flowchart of FIG. 2 showing the first embodiment. First, in order to set the response tape T-1 (not shown), which is a tape with ends, into a recording state, the operation switch 2 (AUTO) is pressed. By suppressing this switch, terminal 6 of NOR gate G-4.
d. An interrupt is sent to the CPU via the CPU's interrupt terminal INT, and the program flows as 5TEPO, 5TEP I.

At 5TEP1, a delay of 10 milliseconds is applied to prevent chattering of the operating switch, and at 5TEP2, data for the operating switch is input from the data bus DBO-DB2. 5TEP3 tests whether the above data is °'010B''.As mentioned above, operation switch 2 (AUT
While O) is pressed, the data is "Ol OB"
Since it matches, the program goes to 5TEP4 and this\
The flag FO is set to "do", which will be described later.

Next, at 5TEP5, a 1.5 second timer is started by the counter/timer T built into the CPU. Next, in 5TEP6, output port P
Light emitting diode 10 with IO set to P0''' (L level)
(AUTO) lights up.

Delay it by 0.2 seconds with 5TEP7, turn off the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) with 5TEP&, delay it again by 0.2 seconds with 5TEP9, and then check if the 1.5 second timer passes 1.5 seconds with 5TEPIO. Do a test. 1.5
Since it returns to 5TEP6 within seconds, the light emitting diode will blink for this 1.5 seconds. This is to indicate to the user that the device can be put into the recording state (erase state), and the flashing of the light emitting diode for 1.5 seconds will be caused by pressing another operating switch as described later. It is extended by this.

Now, while the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) is blinking as described above, if you press another operation switch, for example operation switch 1 (t-+), the Noah Gate G-4
An interrupt is generated to the CPU via the terminals α and d of the CPU, and the terminal INT of the CPU.
It flows to 5TEP3 via I,2. At this point, since only the operating switch I (, t -+) is pressed as described above, the lower 3 bits of the data input via the data bus DB are '0OIB', so the program is 5TEPI5. Here, the above ST,
Since the 7 lag FO is set to tt l''' in EP4, the program flows to 5TEP16, where the CP
The contents of R7, one of the registers built in U, are incremented by +1. Although not shown in the flowchart, the contents of this register R7 are cleared to zero when the device is powered on. Therefore, the above 5T
In EP16, the contents of register R7 become ``1'' in decimal notation.This register is used here as a counter to remember how many times the operation switch 1 (t-1) has been pressed. Next, 5TEPI7
Then, a test is performed to see if the above-mentioned operation switch I (t-1) is pressed. Since the switch is pressed as described above, the program is 5TEP18.
flows to The pressing force of the above operating switch is generally about 0.
It will be canceled in about 5 seconds. Now, in STEP 1g above, the 1.5 second timer by the timer/counter T built into the CPU mentioned in 5TEP 5 is restarted, so this 1.5 second timer is newly set to 1.5 seconds. will be extended to Next, at 5TEPI9, a test is performed to see if the contents of register R7 are pad' in decimal notation. Here, as mentioned above, press the operation switch I (A
Since UTO) is pressed only once, the program flows to STE P2O. In STE P2O, although it is illustrated in a simplified manner, the above-mentioned 5TEP6
~5 Light emitting diode 10 (AUT
Blink O).

Next, at 5TEP2+, a test is performed to see if the above-mentioned 1.5 second timer passes. Therefore, the light emitting diode will blink until the 1.5 seconds pass. If you leave it as it is and pass the above 1.5 seconds, S
Move on to T E P22, and here you will see the operation switch I, which will be described later.
(t-+') response tape T-1
(not shown)
Set it to lyt, and set it to STE PI4.
The flag FO set at °1''' is cleared. At STE P23, the register R7 used as a counter is cleared so that the count value will not go awry during the next operation. Next, S T E
At P24, the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) is turned off. Next, at 5TEP25, the response tape T-
Set 1 to recording mode. To do this, the program sets output ports P20 and P22 to IIt, solenoid FWD, SDI and motor M1 are driven, response tape T-1 (not shown) starts running, and then output port PI2 and motor M1 are driven. By setting PI3 to 1'', the recording/reproducing head RPH-1 and the erasing head EH-1 are switched to the operating state via the switching circuit 7, and at the same time, the P
By setting I6 to "1", the analog switch G-12 is turned on and the microphone MIC is activated.
The message input to the microphone is recorded on the tape.

Next, in order to cancel the above-mentioned recording state, the operating switch 1 (t-1) is pressed and released. This press causes an interrupt as described above, and the program starts at 5 as described above.
It flows to 5TEP15 via TEPO11, 2, and 3.

At this point, the flag FO was cleared in S T E P22 above, so the program
Flows to P25. At this point, flag F1 is tested, but flag F1 is '1' in S T E P22 mentioned above.
”, so the program is S T E P
It flows to 26th. Clear flag F1 with this and then S
At TEP27, the operation of the response tape T-1 is canceled. Specifically, by resetting output ports P2O-P25 to 0'' at the same time, the response tape T-1 and reception tape T-2 (not shown) can be normally sent, returned,
Operations such as fast forwarding can be canceled. Also out capo
) Cancel the recording state using PI.

Next, a specific operation for rewinding (unwinding and erasing) the response tape T-1 (not shown) in the erased state will be described. Note that parts that overlap with those described above will be described simply or omitted.

Now, in order to perform the above-mentioned reversing and erasing, first press and release the operating switch 2 (AUTO). At this point, the 1.5 second timer for 5TEP5 starts, and the 1.5 second timer for 5TEP6 to 5TEP starts for the above 1.5 seconds, just as in the recording described above.
Light emitting diode to (AUTO) by IO loop
flashes. When the operating switch I (t-1) is pressed and released once while this light emitting diode is blinking, as mentioned above, the count number of the register R7 to be stored in the press port af of this operating switch is becomes 1 (decimal number), so the above S T E P 19 to 5 TEP 20
, STE P2+, and the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) blinks for 1.5 seconds. Therefore, within this 1.5 seconds, switch the operation switch l (-1) again.
When pressed and released, the program starts at 5TE due to an interrupt.
At 5TEP16 via PO, 112, 3, 15, the count value of the register R7 becomes (t 2 #, and further via STEP 17 at 5TEPI8, the 1.5 second timer is set to 1.5 seconds again. Then, in 5TEPl'?, the count value of register R7 is different from (t l jj, so S
The flow goes to T E P26, and the above count value becomes '2'.
Since it matches ``'', the flow goes to 5TEP27.5TEP2B, and the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) blinks for 1.5 seconds as in the above-mentioned STEP20.21. If you leave it alone and run the above 1.5 seconds, you will get 5TEP29.
30.31, the response tape T-1 is erased in the rewound state (rewind erasure) in STE P32. Specifically, the program outputs the output port P2+ (
! : When the rewinding solenoid RW, SDI and motor M1 are energized by setting P22 to II II II, the response tape T-1 starts rewinding. When output ports P12 and PI3 are set to "1" at the same time, the erase head EH-1 operates as described above, and the response tape T-
1 in the above-mentioned rewind state. To cancel this rewind erasing, as mentioned above, press the operation switch 1 (t-+
) may be pressed and released, or it may be released when the response tape is rewound to the starting point by detecting the output of the T-1 starting point detection circuit via the terminal TESTI by a program.

Next, in order to erase the response tape T-1 (not shown) in fast forward mode, as is clear from the above two examples,
In this case, the operation switch 1 (t-1) is pressed three times and released. As a result, the count value of register R7 becomes
” and flows from 5TEP33 to STEP34, and if the above 1.5 seconds are omitted, 5TEP36.37.
Reply tape T-1 at 5TEP39 via 38
Delete in fast forward mode. The mechanical part of this embodiment is the motor M
The response tape T-1 is structured to be fast-forwarded by simply energizing the response tape T-1. Therefore, as described above, it is sufficient to operate the erasing head EH-1 in this state.

Next, in order to set this device to the standby state for automatic response recording, press the first operating switch 2 (AUTO).
If you release it and leave it as it is, the above 5TEP6~
The light emitting diode to (AUTO), which was blinking due to the 5TEPIO loop, becomes 5TEP when it passes for 1.5 seconds.
In II, the light emitting diode is lit continuously by holding the output boat PIO in II OII, and furthermore, in 5TEPI2.13, unnecessary flag FO1Fl is set.
After clearing the register and R7, S T E P
At I3, the device is set to a standby state. At this time, the light emitting diode II (READY) is turned on after locating the beginning of the response tape T-1 (not shown) if necessary, but the details are omitted since they are not directly related to the present invention.

Next, a brief description will be given of recording, rewind erasing, and fast forward erasing of the receiving tape T-2 (not shown).

As mentioned above, in the case of the response tape T-1 (not shown), the dedicated operation switch 1 (t-+) is pressed, and the lower 3 bits of the data at that time are "0OIB". and the program is S T E Plg from 5TEP17
It flowed to If it is the receiving tape T-2, press the dedicated operation switch 3 (t-2) and the data will become '100B' and the above STE PI7
From there, it flows to S T E P2O, and since the data match here, it flows in the yg8 direction.

Since it is sufficient to create a program in which the target tape is changed from the response tape to the reception tape in the same way as in the above-mentioned 5TEPl&~STEP36, it is omitted in this flowchart.

Next, when playing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding the response tape or reception tape, the operation switch 2 (A
Since the above-mentioned 5TEP4 is not pressed, the flag FO is 0'', so the flow goes from 5TEPI5 to STE P25, and since the flag F1 is initially 0'', STEP4 is not pressed. The program flows in the no direction of P25, and thereafter flowcharts for reproducing, rewinding, fast forwarding, etc. of the response tape and reception tape are connected. But J:? −? t9P(t Since this matter has already been filed in a separate application (! ), the details will be omitted.

In addition, if endless tape ~ is used as the response tape, it is impossible to rewind it, so S T E P26 ~ 5T
Rewinding and erasing EP32 becomes unnecessary. In this case, it is appropriate to perform fast forward erasing when operating switch 1 (t-+) is pressed twice. Further, this fast-forward erasing may be omitted, and only the receiving tape may be provided with rewind erasing and fast-forward erasing.

Next, the flowchart of FIG. 3, which is the second embodiment, will be briefly described. This is because the flowchart in Fig. 2 shows that when the response tape T-1 and reception tape T-2 are being recorded, rewound erased, and fast forwarded erased, 1 (t-1) or operating switch 3 (t-z) is pressed. 1 to 3 times, the third
In the figure, with operation switch 2 (AUTO) pressed, operation switch 1 (t-+) or operation switch 3 (1!-2) is pressed 1 to 3 times at a predetermined time. It is something.

First, when operating switch 2 (AUTO) is pressed, the second
An interrupt occurs as shown in the figure, 5TEP100 to 5
5TEP because it is 5TEP+02 via TEPIOI
+04, and the CPU terminal INT becomes tt Open.
Perform a test for p. The above operation switch 2 (AUTO
) is pressed, the terminal INT is tt On, so the light emitting diode 10 (AUTO) blinks between 5TEPI05 and 5TEPIO&, and this
Repeat the loop returning to I. If you press operation switch 1 (t-1) in this state, the data will be
0IIB'' and is different from the data of 5TEP103, the program flows from 5TEP103 to 5TEpH3, and since the data match, the program flows to 5TEpH4, where flag Fl is set to ``1''.

Next, at 5TEPII5, the count value of register R7 used as a counter is incremented by +1.

At 5TE pH 6, start the 1.5 second timer using the timer/calanter T described above. At 5TEpH7, a test is performed again to see if the CPU terminal INT is 0''.As long as the operation switch is pressed as described above, the flow goes to 5TEP118, where a test is performed to see if the timer has passed 1.5 seconds. Do it. 5 TEP within 1.5 seconds
Returning to step 117, the terminal INT is tested during this time.

To set the response tape to recording mode, follow the steps above.
The above 5 TEP II is pressed while the two operation switches are pressed.
If you pass 1.5 seconds at 8 or release the suppression of the above two operation switches, 5TE
The flow goes to TEP 120, and a test is performed to see if the count value of the register R7 is "1" (decimal number). In this case, they match, so use 5TEPI21 to clear the register R7, and then use 5TEP122 to clear the response tape T-1.
Set to recording mode.

As is clear from the above and the flowchart, when the operation switch 1 (t-+) is released while the operation switch 2 (AUTO) is pressed, the program loops through the above-mentioned 5TEP100 to 5TEP108, and the operation is performed during this time. When the response switch 1 (t-1) is pressed, the count value of register R7 becomes 2''', and the response tape T-1 is pressed.
1 is reversed and erased, and the operation switch 1 (c-+
) is directly pressed again, the count value of register R7 becomes to 3 n, and the response tape T-1 is fast-forwarded and erased. Note that in FIG. 3, the receiving tape T-2 is omitted because it is similar.

As described above, the present invention enables high-speed fast-forward erasing and high-speed rewind erasing, which could not be achieved in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application No. 59-086994.
Human by button operation.

This was achieved using the most rational and fool-proof means from an engineering perspective, and it further simplified the conventionally complex operating functions of answering machines, making them more accessible to ordinary people and households, especially This opens the door for women in the household to use it easily, and its practical effects are great.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
PU is a microprocessor 11 is a button for operating the response tape, 2 is an operation button for setting the automatic response recording operation position, and 3 is a button for operating the receiving tape. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the invention.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In an answering machine that forms a closed circuit in response to an incoming call, there is a tape or an alternative voice producing means T-1 for transmitting a response term, and a message from the other party after transmitting the T-1. A tape for recording or an alternative voice producing means T-2, and an operation button (AUTO) for setting the automatic telephone answering and recording device to an automatic standby position.
A button t-1 for operating the above-mentioned T-1 and a button t-2 for operating the above-mentioned T-2 are installed on the left and right of the above-mentioned button AUTO, and the above-mentioned button AUTO and t-
If you press 1 once at the same time, T-1 will be in recording mode, if you press both twice in succession, it will be reverse erase, and if you press both three times in succession, it will be fast forward erase.
With O pressed or pressed and released, press t-2 above.
When you press the button once, T-2 is in recording mode, and t-2
If you press twice in succession, it will be reversed and erased, and t-2 will be pressed 3 times.
If you press it twice in succession, it will fast forward and erase, and then press t-1 above.
An easy-to-operate automatic telephone answering and recording device characterized in that it is configured to stop when pressing , or t-2 once. (2) In (1) above, when using endless tape for T-1 or T-2, t-1 or t-2
The easy-to-operate automatic telephone answering recording device according to (1) above, characterized in that the rapid forwarding function is disabled by pressing twice or three times. (3) When using a voice synthesizer or voice synthesis means such as ADPCM for T-1 or T-2 in (1) above, press t-1 or t-2 two or three times to rapidly advance. The above (1) characterized by the fact that it no longer functions.
) is an easy-to-operate automatic telephone answering recording device.